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Frontal Convergence

Frontal Convergence is a physical oceanographic phenomenon characterized by the horizontal coming together of distinct water masses at an oceanic front, resulting in the net accumulation of fluid properties and enhanced vertical motion due to differential buoyancy and dynamic forcing.

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2017–2026

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The last 100,000 years in the western Mediterranean: sea surface water and frontal dynamics as revealed by coccolithophores

José‐Abel Flores, Francisco Javier Sierro, Guillermo Francés et al. · Marine Micropaleontology · 1997 · 154 citations

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Large- and Meso-α-scale Characteristics of Meiyu/Baiu Front Associated with Intense Rainfalls in 1-10 July 1991

Kozo Ninomiya · Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II · 2000 · 119 citations

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The spatial distribution of larvalfishes about the Mississippi River plume

John J. Govoni, Donald E. Hoss, David R. Colby · Limnology and Oceanography · 1989 · 103 citations · Full text

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Encystment in a Dynamic Environment: Deposition of Dinoflagellate Cysts by a Frontal Convergence

MA Tyler, D. Wayne Coats, DM Anderson · Marine Ecology Progress Series · 1982 · 95 citations · Full text

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Characteristics of the Great Whale River plume

R. Grant Ingram · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1981 · 78 citations

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Authors

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  1. KS
    Kaushik Srinivasan

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    3 publications · 69 citations

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  2. RB
    Roy Barkan

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    2 publications · 56 citations

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  3. HU
    Hiroshi Uyeda

    Nagoya University, Japan

    2 publications · 50 citations

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  4. JC
    James C. McWilliams

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    2 publications · 56 citations

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  5. TK
    Teruyuki Kato

    The University of Tokyo, Japan

    1 publications · 25 citations

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Institutions

54

  1. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    340 citations

  2. Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

    Yokosuka, Japan

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    213 citations

  3. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    220 citations

  4. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    215 citations

  5. Nagoya University

    Nagoya, Japan

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    150 citations

  6. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

    Honolulu, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    162 citations

  7. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    124 citations

  8. Scripps Institution of Oceanography

    La Jolla, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    124 citations

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  1. Journal of Physical Oceanography

    5 publications · 169 citations

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 4 publications · 194 citations

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  4. Monthly Weather Review

    2 publications · 56 citations

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  5. Journal of Climate

    2 publications · 41 citations

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